Historic Preservation Events

National Historic Preservation Month

 

The City of Petaluma recognizes and proclaims May 2025 as National Historic Preservation Month for its third consecutive year. This year’s series of events are in collaboration with the Petaluma Historical Museum Association, the City of Petaluma, the Sonoma County Library (Petaluma History Room), Petaluma Adobe State Historic Park, and Heritage Homes of Petaluma. The events highlight Petaluma’s historic places, heritage tourism, its unique character, and collaborative community.

Click here to view full calendar of events for May 2025.

Click here to visit the Petaluma Museum Association website, where additional information for each event is available.

Events this year include:

  • Saturday May 3, 10:30 - noon – Downtown Petaluma Historical Walking Tour
  • Saturday May 3, Noon - 2pm – Meet-and-Greet: Alan Butler and Katherine Rinehart, The Petaluma River, A Sketch Journal and Brief Historical Overview
  • Saturday May 10, 10:30 - noon – Downtown Petaluma Historical Walking Tour
  • Saturday May 10, 10:00 - 5:00pm – Living History Day at Petaluma Adobe State Historic Park
  • Tuesday, May 13, 5:00 - 6:30pm – Hermann Sons Hall and Museum Tour at Hermann Sons Hall (860 Western Avenue)
  • Saturday, May 17, 10:30 - noon – Downtown Petaluma Historical Walking Tour
  • Sunday, May 18, 1:30 - 3:00pm – Exploring the History of Petaluma Signs with Katherine Rinehart at the Petaluma Arts Center
  • Monday, May 19, 6:30pm – City Proclamation of National Historic Preservation Month with City Council at Petaluma City Hall
  • Thursday, May 22, 6:30 - 8:00pm – Unearthing Chinatowns at the Petaluma Historical Library & Museum
  • Saturday, May 24, 10:30 - noon – Downtown Petaluma Historical Walking Tour
  • Sunday, May 25, 10:00 - noon – Petaluma River History Paddle with the Petalumans of Yesteryear

For additional events scheduled for the Month of May, view the links below.

National Park Service

https://www.nps.gov/subjects/nationalregister/preservation-month.htm

California Office of Historic Preservation

https://ohp.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=27130

National Trust for Historic Preservation

Preservation Month 2025 | National Trust for Historic Preservation (savingplaces.org)

Picture of downtown petaluma with a sign stating Downtown Renovation of Petaluma's Heritage

MCNEAR 4TH STREET, 1976. COURTESY, THE SONOMA COUNTY LIBRARY

Past Events

National Historic Preservation Month

The City of Petaluma recognized May as National Preservation Month and proclaimed the month of May in 2021and 2022 as Preservation Month in the City of Petaluma. In collaboration with the Sonoma County Library and the Petaluma Museum Association a range of events were hosted to promote historic places and heritage tourism

Click here to view the 2022 calendar of past events.

Click here to view the 2023 calendar of past events.

Click here to view the 2024 calendar of past events.

 

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